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T1553.001 · Gatekeeper Bypass

🎯 Defense Impairment macOS Sub-technique

Sub-technique of T1553 · Subvert Trust Controls.

Adversaries may modify file attributes and subvert Gatekeeper functionality to evade user prompts and execute untrusted programs. Gatekeeper is a set of technologies that act as layer of Apple’s security model to ensure only trusted applications are executed on a host. Gatekeeper was built on top ...

How to detect & mitigate it

Detecting Gatekeeper Bypass starts with your SIEM/EDR telemetry. Write a detection rule with the Sigma generator, analyze suspicious logs in the log analyzer, and place the technique on your coverage with the ATT&CK matrix.

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